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Ali Kemal Bey (7 September 1869 – 6 November 1922) was a Turkish journalist, writer, poet, and liberal politician. He was Minister of the Interior for some three months in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was murdered by paramilitary officers during the Turkish War of Independence .
Sep 3, 2013 · Ali Kemal was a controversial figure in Turkish history, a critic of the nationalists who was lynched in 1922. He was also a friend of the sultan, a novelist, and the great-grandfather of London's mayor Boris Johnson.
Jan 26, 2021 · Ali Kemal was a journalist, minister, and dissident in the Ottoman empire who opposed Atatürk and was lynched by a mob. He was also a hafiz who memorized the Quran and had a son with a British woman.
Boris Johnson investigates the life and death of his Turkish great-grandfather Ali Kemal, a journalist and politician who was lynched by a mob in the 1920s. He travels to Istanbul, meets relatives and experts, and uncovers the truth behind his family story.
Jan 31, 2022 · Ali Kemal was Boris Johnson’s great-grandfather. This in effect makes Britain’s incumbent premier one-eighth Turkish. Like his descendant, Ali Kemal also started off as a journalist before launching his political career. He was the editor of a newspaper called Ikdam, which was known for its opposition to the rulership of then-Ottoman Sultan ...
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Jun 24, 2019 · Ali Kemal was a journalist and politician in the Ottoman Empire who advocated for British protectorate and criticized the Armenian massacres. He was killed by a mob in 1922 and his son became Stanley Johnson, Boris' father.
Ali Kemal Bey was a British-Turkish journalist, newspaper editor, poet, liberal-leaning politician, and government official who was for some three months Minister of the Interior in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was murdered by paramilitary officers during the Turkish War of Independence.
